daily life of a japanese mom

Teru teru bozu/てるてる坊主

I found the Teru teru bozuat my balcony that Momo made wishing for a fine day. It has been raining or cloudy these days.
I searced on the net for some better photos of teru teru bozu and found one in black and white that made me nostalgic.
I used to hang it the day before the school trip as a child.

‘teru’/照る means sunny or bright in Japanese. Bozu means a shaveling. Bozu has several meanings. I think it’s a shaven headed boy in this case. The Wikipedia explaines this bozu as a buddhist priest, though. Anyway, teru teru bozues are hung beneath the canopy to bring people the bright sunny day!

Hi A.D.
Do you enjoy your spring break?
Of course, we could talk today, but I have an errand around noon.(It’ll be around 9 o’clock in your state). But I’ll turn on the Skype to get a call from you while I’m at home. So, please call me when you have a time.

Thank you for the word ‘shaveling’. I’ll correct it to ‘a man shaved’. It’ll be better! ：）